Under the TellingTree

About the Book

In our busy lives, we still need time to read for fun. This anthology of short stories and verse will let you pause and see the world through new eyes. Your heart travels—from Prague to a small village in Africa, from Chicago and Kansas City to the small towns of memory. Some stories are dark and mystical, others are bright and fresh with the newness of childhood, a few are in the unsettling future.

The pieces are short enough to relish while you wait for the dinner peas to cook, or you can put up your feet and savor a collection that melds reality with imagination. This book will fit into your life, so read and escape.

About the Author

Pat Berge, Director of The TellingTree Writing Workshops, has taught creative writing at Maple Woods Community College in Kansas City and fiction writing at Columbia College Chicago, where she studied the Story Workshop Method® developed by John Schultz. Pat co-sponsors Creative Writers at Play, a writing group for Maple Woods students and the surrounding community.

Nancy North, Edits Frontline, a bi-monthly union newspaper with a circulation of 13,000. In addition, she teaches writing at Oakton Community College in the Lifelong Learning Department. Nancy's short story, "Catalogs," was published in Emergence. Nancy and Pat studied together toward their Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Columbia College in Chicago.